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A Charles Laughton - Difficult Author by Simon Callow
$0.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A Love Letter to Europe - An Outpouring of Love and Sadness from Our Writers, Thinkers and Artists by Melvyn Bragg; Simon Callow; Tracey Emin; Pete Townshend; Jeffrey Boakye; Onjali Rauf; Tony Robinson; Will Hutton; Margaret Drabble
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Great writers, artists, musicians and thinkers in British life say what Europe means to them: an outpouring of love and sadness. With pieces from Frank Cottrell Boyce, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Hutton, Holly Johnson, Penelope Lively, Jonathan Meades, Deborah Moggach, Alan M ...Show more
A Love Letter to Europe - An Outpouring of Sadness and Hope Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J. K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and Others by Frank Cottrell Boyce; Melvyn Bragg; William Dalrymple; Margaret Drabble; Simon Callow; Tony Robinson; Tracey Emin; J. K. Rowling; Holly Johnson; Pete Townshend
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Charles Dickens by Simon Callow
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives
An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Simon Callow's sparkling biography explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his early years as a child entertainer in Po ...Show more
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his ...Show more
Orson Welles by Simon Callow
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Orson Welles Biographies Ser. | Reading Level: good
A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane. Vivid, vastly entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.
Orson Welles : Hello Americans by Simon Callow
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When 'Citizen Kane', his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in Hollywoo ...Show more
Oscar Wilde and His Circle by Simon Callow
$21.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: National Portrait Gallery Companions
One of literatures most witty personalities, Oscar Wilde captivated London society. In this perceptive appraisal of Wilde and those around him including Aubrey Beardsley, Sir Max Beerbohm and Wildes lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) Simon Callow captures the spirit of one of Britains most feted, but ul ...Show more
Speak its Name!: Quotations by and About Gay Men and Women by Simon Callow
$49.99 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+
This collection of quotations by and about gay people is a celebration of the advances in LGBT rights in the UK over the last half-century and a demonstration of the battle against oppression and prejudice that led to them. A diverse range of people from the worlds of entertainment, sport, fashion, busi ...Show more
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